The University of Tulsa is an NCAA Division I member for all sports and a member of the American Athletic Conference. TU moved into The American on July 1, 2014 after dominating Conference USA with more than double the number of league championships than any other conference school in nine years as a C-USA member.

Since the opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Center in 1998, Tulsa’s athletic facilities have undergone a major facelift. New facilities include the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, the Collins Family Softball Complex, the Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium, the J. Bird Sr. Shell Nest, the Jack Zink Indoor Rowing Center, the Case Athletic Complex and major renovation to H.A. Chapman Stadium.

CAREER AT TULSA -- A four-year letterwinner and two-year starter . . . played in 119 career games and had 68 career starts . . . had career averages of 4.0 points and 3.2 rebounds . . . played in his 100th career game at SMU as a senior and tallied eight points, six rebounds and two assists . . . was a career 65.6 percent free throw shooter entering the 2009-10 season, and shot 80.0 percent in his final campaign . . . had 10 career double-figure scoring games . . . lettered as a true freshman in 2005-06, then sat out the 2006-07, before returning to the court in the 2007-08 campaign.

2009-10 -- Played in 31 of 35 games . . . started all 31 games in which he played . . . averaged 5.3 points and 3.5 rebounds . . . had four double-figure scoring games . . . missed the first four games this season . . . returned in the fifth game of the season against Loyola Marymount and had 10 points and four rebounds . . . totaled 12 points, all coming in the first half, at Memphis on 6-of-10 from the field . . . had six points, five rebounds and one block against SMU . . . tallied a career-high seven assists at East Carolina, bettering his previous best of three assists . . . had six points, seven rebounds and two assists in 38 minutes at Marshall . . . scored a career-high 21 points on 10-of-18 from the field, and added five rebounds and two assists in 30 minutes vs. Memphis . . . had four points, four rebounds and three assists at Houston, while hitting 2-of-2 free throws with 0:31 left in the game to give Tulsa a five-point lead . . . had eight points and six rebounds against Nebraska . . . tallied eight points and seven rebounds against Chicago State . . . scored his previous carer-best 17 points against Oklahoma State, while hitting his first career 3-pointer, and had nine rebounds in 35 minutes . . . converted on his first of two career three-pointers in the OSU game.

2008-09 -- Played in 33 of 36 games . . . started in 31 contests . . . averaged 4.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists . . . led Tulsa in rebounding and steals four times . . . missed the Loyola-Marymount and Texas-Arlington games during the regular season, and the UAB game in the conference tournament . . . averaged 7.5 points (15) and 8.5 rebounds (17) and 2.0 assists (4) in the final two regular season games . . . led Tulsa in rebounding in both of those games . . . had six points and seven rebounds at Rice in the regular season finale . . . collected a career-high 10 rebounds and added nine points and three assists in 34 minutes against UCF . . . had six points, three rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes vs. UTEP . . . had 10 points, three rebounds and two assists against UAB . . . scored 11 points at Tulane . . . had eight points and seven rebounds in 28 minutes against Memphis . . . had eight rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes at Charlotte . . . tied his career-best of 12 points at Southern Miss and also had a career-high of nine rebounds and two blocked shots in that game . . . had a career-best 12 points on 6-of-8 from the field against Presbyterian, bettering his previous career-best by two points . . . tallied three consecutive 8-point scoring nights against Texas A&M-CC, North Carolina Central and Texas A&M.

2007-08 -- Played in 27 games and started one contest . . . averaged 3.1 points and 3.2 rebounds in 27 games . . . suffered a season-ending ankle injury in the C-USA Tournament quarterfinal game against UAB . . . had eight points and four rebounds vs. Presbyterian . . . totaled five points, seven rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes vs. Rice . . . had nine points, five rebounds and two steals at Colorado . . . grabbed a career-best eight rebounds against SE Missouri State . . . tied a career-high with 10 points and added seven rebounds vs. Charlotte . . . received his only start in the second game of the season against North Florida . . . had three points and two rebounds in six minutes vs. North Florida before suffering a hand injury and missed the rest of the game and the next four contests . . . returned to the lineup vs. Central Arkansas and had four points and tied a career-high with seven rebounds . . . totaled a season-high nine points vs. Texas-Pan American and added five rebounds, three assists and two steals . . . averaged 5.8 points and 6.8 rebounds in the four games when coming off of his injury.

2006-07 -- Sat out the season due to red-shirt status.

2005-06 -- Played in all 28 games and started five games . . . averaged 13.9 minutes of playing time . . . averaged 2.4 points and 2.2 rebounds . . . had four points and five rebounds in 17 minutes vs. SMU . . . scored a season-best 10 points and added five rebounds in the C-USA Tournament game against Southern Miss . . . totaled a season-best seven rebounds vs. Rice in 17 minutes . . . had two points and five rebounds in 16 minutes vs. East Carolina . . . had six rebounds at UAB in 15 minutes . . . started his first career game at Northern Arizona . . . had six points and three rebounds in 21 minutes vs. UTPA . . . tallied five points and five rebounds in a starting assignment vs. BYU . . . had six points in nine minutes at Cal State Northridge.

HIGH SCHOOL --Was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at Cedar Hill High School . . . helped guide his team to an overall three-year record of 93-12 record . . . as a sophomore, his team compiled a 33-3 record and a year later posted a 35-2 mark while losing in the Texas Class 5A State Championship game . . . helped lead his team to a 25-7 record as a senior . . . averaged 15.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.2 steals in his senior season . . . also shot 58-percent from the field and 81-percent from the free throw line . . . was ranked among the top-130 seniors in the state of Texas, as he earned a ranking of No. 53 by TexasHoops.com . . . earned all-district and all-region honors in each of the last two seasons . . . was named to the all-state team as a junior . . . averaged 12.2 points his junior season . . . was an honorable mention all-district performer in his sophomore season . . . high school coach was David Milson.

PERSONAL -- Favorite NBA player is Dwight Howard . . . his favorite NBA team is the Orlando Magic . . . the most memorable place he has visited is Cozumel, Mexico . . . his favorite sport to watch besides basketball is football . . . his worst habit is biting his nails . . . his favorite food is pork chops . . . received his degree in communication in December 2009. . . parents are Bishop Giddings and Suzette Sanders . . . born March 7, 1987 in Dallas, Texas